National Corndog Day was inaugurated in 1992 in Corvallis, Oregon by Brady Sahnow and Henry Otley.
In subsequent years, National Corndog day was expanded to include tater tots and beer and gradually spread to other cities.
The celebration currently is sponsored by Foster Farms, a Livingston, California-based poultry producer, PBR, a US Midwest-based beer company, and Jones Soda.
By 2007, parties celebrating National Corndog Day occurred at 113 locations in more than 30 U.S. states, the District of Columbia and Australia.
[3] That same year, musical artist and contest winner, Ben Brennan, wrote and performed the National Corndog Day theme song.